Changelog

2026-10-20 (licensor)

• Licensor, copyright holder, maintainer and author changed from Nebulonium, Inc. (dba HACKERverse) to Craig Thomas Ellrod. Contact: CraigEllrod@gmail.com. Historical statements of what HACKERverse published and when are unchanged.
• LICENSE.md: ProofStamp named as a Mark; new C9 makes ProofStamp issuance exclusive to the Licensor and excludes it from any transfer to PESA. ETHICS.md section 4 states the same.

2026-10-19

• Adopted the Proof Protocol License 1.0 (LICENSE.md). Specifications: Apache-2.0. Software: proprietary.
• Added ETHICS.md (Proof Economy Code of Ethics).
• All prior versions of the specifications are relicensed under Apache-2.0 (see NOTICE.md).